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The Moon on Wednesday, July 15, 1936: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 11.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 13°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on July 15, 1936Waning Crescent

Wednesday 15 July 1936373,344 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 15, 1936, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.6% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
373,344 km231,985 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (13°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 1936 is on Saturday, July 4, 1936 at 17:35 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 18, 1936 at 15:19 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, July 11, 193616:28
New Moon (after)Saturday, July 18, 193615:19

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Wednesday, July 15, 1936 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 19, 1936 to the new moon of July 18, 1936, a cycle of 29.42 days.